Report Shows Injustice, Suffering, Caused by SWAT Teams Deployed for Low-Level Police Work, Not Crises NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014. After obtaining and analyzing thousands of documents from police departments around the country, today the American Civil Liberties Union released the report War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing.[Read More…]
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New Poll Released at the White House Summit for Working Families Finds Americans Broadly Support 21st Century Workplace Policies
Nearly two-thirds of women are now their family’s primary breadwinner or co-breadwinner, and most Americans believe our workplace policies and public policies have not kept up with this change. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. On the day of the White House Summit on Working Families, the Center for American Progress released[Read More…]
Female Breadwinner Trend Continues, Workplace Policies Fail to Adapt
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2014. In advance of the White House Summit on Working Families, the Center for American Progress today released a new report on the status of working mothers as breadwinners and co-breadwinners. The report, “Breadwinning Mothers, Then and Now,” offers new insights into the demographics of mothers whose[Read More…]
5 Ways Cities Can Prepare for the Carbon-Pollution Standards
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2014. Today, as hundreds of mayors convene in Dallas, Texas, for the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, the Center for American Progress released recommendations for how cities can help states achieve the proposed EPA carbon-pollution standards and prevent the worst effects of climate change. “Mayors are[Read More…]
How Gun Violence Affects Women and 4 Policy Solutions to Better Protect Them
Weak gun laws at the federal and state levels leave far too many women facing a fatal end to domestic abuse. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2014. By Chelsea Parsons and Lauren Speigel Violence against women looks very different than violence against men. Whether in the context of sexual assault on college campuses[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Calls for Integrated Diplomatic and Security Strategy to Manage the Threat Posed by Terrorist Groups in Iraq and Syria
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. As news of atrocities perpetuated by the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, continue to proliferate, the Center for American Progress released an issue brief today urging the Obama administration to prepare for possible targeted military strikes against the militants in Iraq[Read More…]
New Report: Voters in 22 States Face New Laws That Could Make Voting Harder in November
15 States Have New Restrictions in Place for the First Time in a Federal Election in 2014 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. New voting restrictions developed since 2010 are slated to be in place in 22 states this November. In 15 of these states, 2014 will be the first federal election[Read More…]
50 Years After Freedom Summer, Report Shows that Communities of Color Can Shift the Balance of Power in ‘Black Belt’ States
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. Fifty years after Freedom Summer sparked a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress, in conjunction with an event exploring the subject, examines how current demographic and political changes in heavily black southern states could[Read More…]
Reports Recommend Ways to Improve School Management and Finance Systems
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2014. A series of reports released today explores how improving federal education policy can strengthen the ways states manage their schools. The reports looks specifically at the effect of existing federal policy on the staffing, management, and financing of state education agencies, or SEAs. Findings from the[Read More…]
New Report Analyzes Rising Political Influence of Children of Immigrants
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2014. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report that examines the rising political influence that children of Latino immigrants have on the electoral process. The report, titled “The Latino Electorate by Immigrant Generation” finds that second-generation immigrants—children of immigrants—are the fastest-growing segment of the[Read More…]
